St. Jude Medical's AGA Medical Corporation Subsidiary Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Occlutech

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced that AGA Medical, Inc. (acquired by St. Jude Medical in November 2010) has filed lawsuits against Occlutech GmbH and Occlutech U.K. (collectively Occlutech) for patent infringement. The suits, which involve a total of three patents and seek injunctive relief and monetary damages, were filed in Germany and the U.K. at the District Court of Duesseldorf and the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court, respectively.